Comedy Central's on-again, off-again televised roasts have featured the likes of James Franco, Rosanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, Joan Rivers, Bob Saget, and Pamela Anderson in the hot seat. Past roasters like Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Jane Lynch, and Jimmy Kimmel have given their respective nights a charmingly insider flare. When Norm MacDonald roasted Bob Saget in 2008, he performed a brilliant set of anti-comedy that ventured toward high art. That same night, roasters repeatedly called out MacDonald's industry-known gambling habits, with squirms to go around. It was the sort of evening that made the audience, both live and televised, feel priveleged to witness a group of pros having fun with other pros, their real-life friends, with little to no pandering.

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Can anything even remotely similar be expected for Bieber, a star whose core fans, like him, are not old enough to drink a beer? Sure, Bieber's roasters will have plenty of material in light of the singer's long-running string of public transgressions. But how many versions of "Remember the time you pissed in a mop bucket?" do we really want to hear? Comedy Central no doubt sees this as a potential ratings juggernaut. But with a younger-than-usual audience, will the roast even be smart, let alone raunchy?

SNL briliantly mocked Bieber's new Calvin Klein underwear campaign this past weekend in a clip that has since gone viral. Let's hope the March roast has more of these moments.